Actors becoming politicians is nothing new and Tamil cinema and Tamil Nadu politics have always been inseparable. But the number of Kollywood celebrities joining the Bharatiya Janata Party is on the rise after it captured power at the centre in 2014 general elections .

Following actors Visu, Gayahtri Raghuram and Gangai Amaren, today actor Ponnambalam has officially enrolled himself as a BJP member in front of Union Minister Pon.Radhakrishnan who is also the lone BJP Lok Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu.

Ponnambalam has acted in over 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hind languages. He is noted for his performance in villain in the blockbusters of the 1990s especially the films such as 'Nattamai', 'Muthu', 'Indian', 'Arunachalam', Thulladha Manamum Thullum' and 'Mughavaree'. He was formerly a member of AIADMK and has campaigned for the Tamil Nadu's present ruling party in elections.

IndiaGlitz wishes Ponnambalam for a great career in politics.